Life events: the reliability of rating changes in routine and environment.
Alterations in routine and environment can affect clinical state in patients suffering from cognitive impairment. A method for rating life events for changes in routine and environment is described and found to be highly reliable even when used by inexperienced raters after brief training.
Orrell
M W
MW
Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, U.K.
Bergman
K
K
Elton
N
N
O'Brien
J
J
Bebbington
P E
PE
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012931:Social Environment